The Delaware Supreme Court Monday upheld a denial of benefits to a poultry plant worker for his occupational disease claim based on a COVID-19 infection. Carl Fowler was working the night shift at Perdue Inc. in March 2020 when a coworker was sent home exhibiting COVID-19 symptoms, according to Fowler v. Perdue Inc. Mr. Fowler later went …
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An Oklahoma Supreme Court ruling permitting civil litigation in the case of a financial adviser’s shooting of a coworker is helping to set a precedent on violence in the workplace, experts say. In another example of an injured worker overcoming workers compensation exclusivity in a case of workplace violence —echoing similar lower court rulings in …
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The Oregon Court of Appeals on Thursday overturned a jury’s $10 million verdict in favor of a worker’s widow for his asbestos exposures, ruling that the case lacked proof regarding the company’s workers compensation insurance coverage at the time. Reberiano Gonzalez Ibarra fell ill due to his exposure to asbestos on the job in the …
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California’s Occupational Safety and Health Standards Board approved an indoor heat standard to protect indoor workers from heat illness, the Department of Industrial Relations said Friday. The new regulation, which requires approval by The Office of Administrative Law within 30 days, will require indoor workplaces to be cooled below 87 degrees F “if feasible when employees …
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The first of two Business Insurance Break Out Awards events took place in Chicago on Thursday, June 20, 2024. Honorees attended the event with colleagues and family. Source link
The California workers compensation system saw a 2.45% increase in independent medical reviews in 2023 from the prior year, and regulators overturned 8.2% more utilization review decisions last year than in 2022, the California Department of Industrial Relations said in a Thursday report. The independent medical review program is the state’s process for resolving disputes …
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Rates increases for a range of liability and small-business insurance coverages gathered speed in May, while property rate hikes remained stable, according to a report Friday from Ivans Insurance Services, a unit of Applied Systems Inc. Business owners policy renewal rates rose the most in May, climbing 12.1%, compared with 7.9% in April. In other …
Arizona Gov. Katie Hobbs this week signed into law legislation that would enable certain first responders diagnosed with job-related post-traumatic stress disorder to receive alternative treatments. The governor on Tuesday signed Senate Bill 1677, which would require employers to provide workers compensation coverage to firefighters and peace officers who have PTSD, with the mandated coverage …
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The U.S. Occupational Safety and Health Administration said Thursday that it cited an Alabama mobile home manufacturer after a worker’s fatal fall. OSHA cited Boaz-based Kabco Builders Inc. for 10 “serious” violations and proposed $81,463 in penalties. The employee was loading shingles and was straddling a two-foot-wide space between a platform and the roof of …
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Dinos Iordanou was well known and respected in the industry, and a story about his unexpected death has garnered considerable attention this week. Source link